The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-21
NOT ALONE.

Dakota's appeal for Statehood is to be
renewed this winter, and crowded fol-
all there is in it. A special from Wash
ington to the Denver NeaCs says:
The Republican leaders are going to make
a vigorous effort TO get Dakota into the
Union in the coming sess on of Congress
They are anxious to secure her electoral
vote in the next presidential election Da
kota has been knocking for admission al
the doors of Congress for number of years.
She has more than the requisite population
and would probably have been admitted
Def re had 1t not been for dispute over the
division OF the territory into North and South
Dakota. South Dakota contains the bulk oil
the people and the besG lands, and the resi-
dents of North Dakota have objected siren
uously to the separation. The republicans
would like to G t an enabling act through
Congress to admit South and Nor Dakota,
as it would materially advance their chances
of electtng the next President. In the
last Congress there were seven Democrats, il
is said, who were willing to vote with the
Republicans for the admission OF South
Dakota. The Democratic majority has been
largely reduced in the House, and if ten
Democrats can be induced to vote with the
Republicans this winter Dakota can be ad
mitted. The Republicans are confident of
carrying their point IL is not believed.
however, that any new States will be created
until after the Presidential election next
year. Washington and Montana Territorie S
are both eligible for admission into the
Union, and the chances are that compro-
mise will be effected to admit all three as
States at once.
There is not an intelligent person in
Utah who would put straw in the
way of Dakots's admission. On
the contrary, everybody here is
honest and sincere in the hope
that our sister dependency will
be successful in her effort
to throw off the Infamous Territorial
system and assume the rights priYil-
eyes and dignity of sovereign State.
We all wish her well.
But Utah must not let this emporium
ity to advance her own claims to state
hood go by unimproved. We must, if
possible, make the admission of Dakota
upon our own entrance to
the Union. While our sister Territory
has larger population than Utah, her
ability to maintain State government
IS no better than ours. Her people are
40 better disposed towards the Union
han are ours; they are no more loyal
md patriotic. The people of Utah are
lonest, industrious, thrifty, economical,
orderly, lsw-abiding and trustworthy
ust such people as it is safe to entrust
With the duties and responsibilities of a
tate government. If the Dakotans
an maintain State, so can we.
There is another feature in this bust
ess which should be made to operate
0 the advantage of Utah. The struggle |
D crowd Dakota into the Union will be
ased as much on the fact that the
'erritory is overwhelmingly Repub- |
can in politics as on her rights to
>cal self-government, the Republicans |
i and out of Congress working for the
Omission. Party politics ought not to
9 taken into account in such a matter
8 this, but it has been and will be.
tab being as DemoL ratio in politics as
'akota is Republican, the former
aould be admitted to counterbslance
1e latter in national politics.
Let Dakota go into the Union, &C
)mpauied bV Utah,